Gundi Gabrielle

Even if you don't want to publish on Kindle, this book will give you an insight into a lot of the books you see on Amazon. The author has put together a detailed (and exhausting) step-by-step 30-day plan to get your book onto one of Amazon's sub-category bestseller lists. You'll see that Kindle bestsellers are about 99% science and 1% art. The actual process of writing your book is given only one week in the plan! It is supposed to be a short book. A series of short books is even better since it generates more sales and royalties than publishing one big book. This plan is geared toward non-fiction, of course, but most of what Gabrielle tells you can be applied to a fiction work as well. It doesn't sound like a lot of fun to me, as it turns you into a marketer rather than a writer, but clearly that is what it takes to succeed as an indie author these days. Since Gabrielle has written so many other books, this one is filled with links to them, and they are all relevant in one way or another to this one. But despite all the links, this book does contain enough good info to be self-contained. If you have the drive, research capabilities, and organizational skills of Gabrielle, you may succeed by following her plan. It is clearly written, although a bit repetitive here and there. I was also alarmed by more than a few typos, which goes counter to her advice to pay for proofreading and editing.… (mere)